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Show JAMES C. MEE ARRESTED. A rurmer kail Uk.i Ural Maw la Trouhle km Colorado James C. Me, a former Sail l ake real estate man. has lM'n arrested at Gunnison. Mr. Mee i favorably known j in this city and his friend here dec! art that the arrest Is upon a technicality and that he wilt be acquitted without the least trouble. Mr. Leonard, at the meeting of the real estate exchange thin morning said that he knew Mee tc be as " straight as a die" and that h would go on his bond, if it was ticeary. In regard to the arrest tho Aspen Times says IVputy fhei id Amly Sol ton will arrive In tho city this evening from Gunnison, with a distinguished prisoner in chaw. The accused is none oilier tlaa James C. Mee. tho t ell-knei u cattle man and wholesale and retail butcher. tt ho used to run a market on llvman atomic and Monarch Mon-arch street, lie is charged with fin-j boHhg fcUMto of money belonging to : the )ouglas Creek tirade Cattle com- ! puny. ; The warrant for his arrest storn out on the lltili of lust June, lieforv JudgeWilev.bvA.il. Van Vliel, of I Metroit, Mr. V.in Vliet was a quiet, unassuming man. w ho stopped at Hie Jerome several weeks. It was known that he was u ineinlier of the aiovo company and that he was liere to set lie up some' busine- for It Hut it ti a not suspected I hul he tt as here to hate arrested ar-rested Its former trusted agent, J. C. Mee, for embezzlement, Mr. Mee was at the time out In Salt Lake, lie t.t expected back most any dav as there were several soils instituted in the court against him hioh demanded his presence. pres-ence. For this reason no requisition was obtained for hisarrest. Itui Mr. Men did not come and Mr. Van Vliet bceomitig tiled of wailing gave it out that be was going to Alaska, lie has been quietly watching for Ins opportunity and a few days ago Mr. Men came oter to l.iinni-soii l.iinni-soii from Salt Lake. The sheritf here was notilied and Ih'putv Sutton went out Sunday on tho Si all and alter his prisoner. The complaint against Mee rovers seven closely typo tt rltteli pages. The eiulH'idouicn'' is alleged to have taken place during tlm year lntt. Specific dates are given and the greatest amount alleged to hatn been Liken at anv one time is a little oter tout). Tlm Pouglass Creek graded cattle company Is a heavy slock dealer In the White river country and Mr. Meo was Its agent III A spell. |